Turkeys - Fresh or Heritage
I see that Natural Grocer has several types of turkey, frozen:
Free Range: $1.79/lb
Organic: $2.99/lb
Heritage: $5.49/lb
Can we list other findings below so we can all make informed choices? What about fresh turkeys?
rudeboy
Nov 06, 2009 06:56AM
Rudeboy,
Sprouts is pushing a fresh, not frozen, free range turkey that has my name on it.
http://sprouts.com/turkey/turkey.php
For the last three years I have tried to get a fresh heritage turkey but it was too difficult or too expensive. I'm thinking the combo of fresh and free range might up the turkey enough to taste a significantly yummy difference.
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Wow - $1.47 per lb of fresh, free range is a much better deal. Thank you for the info.....
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Hi,
Sprouts is selling them now - which doesn't seem very safe. How far ahead to you think a fresh turkey can (should) be purchased? I plan to try a dry brine.
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Greenling.com has local organic turkeys, I believe everything they have is frozen.
Local, free range: $5.99/lb
Regular organic: $4.56/lb
Their newsletter says to order soon if you want the local birds, obviously the supply is limited.
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Wheatsville has frozen Organic Prairie turkeys for $2.99/lb. They are accepting pre-orders but say they are not necessary.
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Has anyone tasted heritage vs usual turkey? I understand the heritage take a lot longer to reach maturity and are thus more expensive, but is it justified to spend over $85 on the bird?
Also, fresh vs frozen, since even "fresh" are shipped lightly frozen (26 - 28 degrees), is there a difference?
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I haven't, tummoi - however, there's lot's of discussion on the Home Cooking board. Do a search on "Heritage."
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